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Ranger 6

Space Probe

Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, the series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid 1960s built to obtain close up images of the Moon surface. It launched on January 30, 1964, and was designed to transmit high resolution photographs of the lunar terrain during the final minutes of flight before impacting the surface, carrying six television vidicon cameras arranged into two separate self contained channels for reliability. Due to a failure of the camera system, no images were returned.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Lunar impactor 2
Launch Date
1964-01-30 3
Status
Status (category)
Lost 1
Connections

Mission Of

Ranger Program, Missions and Programs
Source Ranger 6 (Wikipedia)

Operated By

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Ranger 6 (Wikipedia)
NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Ranger 6 (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Ranger 6 (Wikipedia)
  • Due to a failure of the camera system, no images were returned
  • In Group: Lunar Orbiters and Flyby Probes, Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface. It was launched on January 30, 19
  • Operated By: NASA, Lead paragraph, operator
    Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface.
  • Operated By: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lead paragraph, operator
    Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface.
  • Part Of: Ranger Program, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface.
  • Mission Of: Ranger Program, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Ranger 6 was a lunar probe in the NASA Ranger program, a series of robotic spacecraft of the early and mid-1960s to obtain close-up images of the Moon's surface.
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2. NASA NSSDCA: Ranger 6
NSSDCA spacecraft record
Quote, NSSDCA spacecraft record
Ranger 6 was a lunar impactor mission operated by NASA/JPL
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3. Wikidata: Ranger 6
Wikidata Q936275, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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